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Arts & Entertainment

‘Doctor Sleep’ is one of the best Stephen King adaptations of all time

Mike Flanagan gets his moment and crushes it with old ghosts and new terrors in return to the Overlook Hotel.

by John W. Allman November 14, 2019November 13, 2024

Mike Flanagan gets his moment and crushes it with old ghosts and new terrors in return to the Overlook Hotel.

Arts & Entertainment

Scary movies take over Tampa Theatre

Downtown’s classic movie house hosts the mother of all Halloween film series. Plus: Two Carrollwood theaters hold freakouts of their own.

by Joe Bardi October 17, 2013July 31, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Here’s Danny! Stephen King’s Dr. Sleep picks up where The Shining leaves off

King checks in on Jack Torrance’s son to see what ever happened to that tormented kid.

by William McKeen October 17, 2013August 2, 2025

Music

Fujiya & Miyagi present a pre-Halloween trailer for their forthcoming LP, Ventriloquizzing (video)

by Leilani Polk October 27, 2010June 5, 2022

Music

CL Feature: Jay Reatard, who plays Crowbar this Saturday (with video)

by Leilani Polk December 1, 2009March 22, 2025

Do It Today: Meet Stephen King, hear Tech N9ne rap and rhyme, see Snake Dance Moon

by Franki Weddington November 16, 2009August 17, 2023

On the Radar: meet Stephen King

by Franki Weddington November 11, 2009August 26, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Movie Review: The Box, starring Cameron Diaz and James Marsden

by Rabid Nick Refer November 6, 2009July 30, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Rabid movie review: Lars von Trier’s Antichrist

by Rabid Nick Refer October 23, 2009June 5, 2022

Arts & Entertainment

The Rabid One’s Top 10 Movie Trailers of All Time

by Rabid Nick Refer August 18, 2009June 24, 2025